Most of our development work is undertaken in Edinburgh, with a number of engineers working remotely from other countries. You will be based in our friendly new office in central Edinburgh. Working hours are flexible and hybrid working will be available. We follow a scrum process with small, highly collaborative squads focused on delivery.
We are seeking an experienced Java Developer to join our back-end architecture squad working on a web application that provides digital workspaces to high-profile clients. You will be joining a department that covers the whole development process from design through to testing, deployment, and support.
What you'll be doing
- Taking responsibility for and ownership of your own work including proactively unblock yourself and ensuring that your own work progresses through the process and assist others in the same.
- Delivery of work assigned to you on time and to an acceptable quality standard.
- Working with the senior engineering team to design and implement new capabilities within the product.
- Maintain high standards of technical quality in your own work and through reviewing the work of peers.
- Ensuring new software meets requirements of quality, security and performance.
- Work Collaboratively with your squad members and other business functions such as Support,
- Solutions Services and Product Owners to drive customer success.
About the product
- Back-end primarily in Java 21 with Microservices, Spring Boot, and Mongo DB with some NodeJS, Go and Python services.
- Front-end built with Typescript and React with modern techniques for making the most of the language.
- Deployed using helm to Kubernetes clusters on AWS infrastructure.
- CI/CD pipeline using Github Actions and ArgoCD with SonarCloud.
What we're looking for in you
- 3+ years’ experience.
- An understanding of software design principles and micro-services architectures.
- Strong communication skills
- Familiarity with Dev Ops processes, Argo CD and Kubernetes are desirable.
- Experience with Git, Slack, Jira, and Github Actions are all beneficial.
- Familiarity with Linux environments.
- Willingness to jump in and learn and solve problems.
Working at Opus 2
Opus 2 is a global leader in the LegalTech space, creating solutions to drive digital transformation in the legal industry. We are the trusted partner of the world’s leading legal teams, with the world’s largest law firms are using Opus 2.
Our achievements are underpinned by our unique culture and our people are our biggest asset. Working at Opus 2, you’ll receive:
- Contributory pension plan.
- 33 days annual holidays, flexible working, and length of service entitlement.
- Private Healthcare Scheme.
- Loyalty Share Scheme.
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Calm and Mindfulness sessions.
- A day of leave to volunteer for charity and an active CSR team raising money towards a company charity.
- Regular Company Social Events.
- Yearly Development Retreat.
Top Skills
What We Do
Opus 2 provides game-changing, cloud based legal technology and services that enable law firms to build the connected digital practices of tomorrow, today. Our solutions allow firms to transform at a pace that fits their business needs, to streamline and connect the different stakeholders end-to-end and deliver greater efficiency, collaboration and insight. Powered by Opus 2, law firms worldwide are delivering innovative, solution-based services that bring their teams, clients and third parties together in a single connected space, so lawyers can focus on what matters most – creating value, differentiation and deeper client engagement.
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